Board of Directors

MAC's Board of Directors encompasses all major elements of regional leadership in Southeast Michigan and includes automobile manufacturers, financial institutions, utilities, insurance companies, and the health care industry, as well as legal, accounting, and public relations professionals. Public sector representation includes key elected officials from across the region.

Paul Anger
Vice President & Editor
Detroit Free Press

Lizabeth Ardisana
Chief Executive Officer
ASG Renaissance

Paul Austin
Senior Vice President
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Mary Blackmon
Trustee, Wayne RESA Board of Education
First Vice Chair, SEMCOG

Darrell Burks
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Jeff Caponigro
President & Chief Executive Officer
Caponigro Public Relations, Inc.

Garry G. Carley

Gregory Clark
Vice President - Michigan
External Affairs
AT&T Michigan

Debbie Dingell
Vice Chair, GM Foundation
Executive Director, Public Affairs & Community Relations
General Motors Corporation

H. Jeffrey Dobbs
Global Lead Partner for General Motors
KPMG, LLP.

Robert Ficano
Wayne County Executive

Marilyn French-Hubbard
Corporate Vice President, Community Partnerships
Chief Diversity Officer
Henry Ford Health System

James M. Garavaglia
Senior Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs
Comerica Inc.

Dennis E. Gershenson
President, CEO & Chairman
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

David Girodat
President, Eastern Michigan Region
Fifth Third Bank

Frederick W. Hoffman
Director, State Relations
Chrysler LLC

Mark A. Johnson
Senior Vice President, Business Development & Revenue Management
Beaumont Hospitals

John F. Jones
Supervisor, Ira Township
Immediate Past Chairperson, SEMCOG

Kwame M. Kilpatrick
Mayor
City of Detroit

Mary Kramer
Publisher
Crain's Detroit Business

Mark R. Lezotte
General Counsel, Legal Affiars
Oakwood Healthcare, Inc.

Thomas W. Linn
Chairman Emeritus and Principal
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC.

Daniel Little
Chancellor
University of Michigan-Dearborn

J. Terry McElroy
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
The Auto Club Group

Lawrence D. McLaughlin
Chairman, Real Estate Department
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.

Juliette Okotie-Eboh
Senior Vice President, Community Affairs & Administration
MGM Grand Detroit

L. Brooks Patterson
Oakland County Executive

Michael C. Porter
Vice President, Corporate Communications
DTE Energy

Thomas W.B. Porter
Executive Vice President
Barton Malow Co.

Charlie Pryde
Director, Michigan State & Local Government Affairs
Ford Motor Co.

Richard E. Rassel
Director of Global Client Relations
Butzel Long

William T. Roberts
Mayor, City of Walled Lake
Chairperson, SEMCOG

Sandy Rosen
President
Great Lakes International Recycling

Adam Rujan
Partner
Plante & Moran, PLLC.

Rex E. Schlaybaugh, Jr.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Dykema

Lloyd A. Semple
Distinguished Visiting Professor
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Chairman Emeritus, Dykema

Thomas C. Shafer
President, Southeast Michigan
Citizens Bank

Dan Stamper
President
Detroit International Bridge Company

John W. Stroh, III
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
The Stroh Companies, Inc.